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Chapter 761 "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" and "Excellent Addiction" (4100+ chapters, please subscribe~)

On the second day, Wu Jianye received a call from Wen Miaoling. She agreed to go to Yanjing to develop, but because Shanghai still had some things to finish, she had to go there later.

"Okay, you can clean up here first. When you're done, you can come to Yanjing!" Wu Jianye has no objection to this, after all, it is not an easy task to go through the resignation procedures at this time.

Wu Jianye didn't stay in Shanghai for a long time. In the afternoon, he flew back to Yanjing with everyone.

After arriving in Yanjing, Wu Jianye rested at home for a day before returning to work.

Li Baotian, Zhang Guoli, Wang Gang, Deng Jie, Zhang Zien, and Han Gang came to Tangting Culture.

At this time, they were in the meeting room of Tangting Culture.

Zhang Guoli, Deng Jie and Wang Gang are contracted actors of Tangting Culture, Zhang Zien and Han Gang are contracting directors of Tangting Culture, only Li Baotian has nothing to do with Tangting Culture, but he has already talked with Wu Jianye before, and will star in The TV series of dignified culture.

This time Wu Jianye called these six people to Tangting Culture, naturally for the classic "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo"!

In the previous life, everyone only knew that the front-stage actors of "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" were Li Baotian and others, but they didn't know that the director of this TV series was co-directed by Zhang Zien and Han Gang.

Zhang Zien was originally the director of the West Film Studio, but with Wu Tianming's departure, the West Film Studio was not as good as before, so Wu Jianye asked Li Xiaowan to sign Zhang Zien to Tangting Culture.

Zhang Zien not only directed "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", but also directed the later classic "Marrying the Right Man on the Wrong Sedan Chair", and Zhao Wei's version of "Moment in Peking".

As for Han Gang, although he is not as famous as Zhang Zi'en, he has also directed quite a few TV dramas.

Before that, he had just finished cooperating with Li Baotian in the film "Grandfather Ge", which had been shortlisted for the best film of the first Spring City Film Festival created this year.

"Han Gang, Baotian, before I have time to congratulate you, you have been shortlisted for the Spring City Film Festival for the first time!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

Han Gang and Li Baotian smiled, and Han Gang said with a smile: "Director Wu, we listened to what others said, and you are embarrassing us by saying that!"

Wu Jianye laughed, and said, "How could you be so shabby, I really congratulate you!"

Wang Gang is not an unknown person at this time. He has already hosted the three CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1986, 1987, and 1988. At the same time, last year's anchor "Harbin under the Night" was selected by the China Radio and Television Society as the "National Listeners' Favorite Show" artist'.

Now Wang Gang is dating his second wife, Cheng Fangyuan.

It was Cheng Fangyuan who sang.

"Everyone has already read the script of the TV series "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", so I will trouble everyone this time!" Wu Jianye said to everyone with a smile.

Before Wu Jianye left Yanjing, she asked Li Na to distribute the script of the TV series "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" to everyone, and they were called this time to practice it for them!
In another time and space, the shooting locations of "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" include the studio of Beijing Film Studio, the "Coupling Garden" in the small bridge new alley in the northeast of Gusu, the Forbidden City, the Ming and Qing Streets in Yanjing, and the summer resort in Rehe and so on.

But this time there are far fewer places to go. The Ming and Qing palaces in Hengdian have already been built, and most of the scenes will be completed there.

By the way, if you have the conditions, you can go to the original version of "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" to have a look, there are many surprises hidden in it!
"Director Wu, the company has supported us so much this time, we will definitely not let the company down!" Zhang Zi'en said with a smile.

The production cost of the TV series "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" is as high as 800 million, which is already a very high production cost in China.

With the soaring prices, the cost of shooting TV dramas is also increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Of course I trust you all. I called you here this time because I hope you can work together to prepare for this TV series. When you go to Hengdian Film and Television City to shoot next month, the company will prepare for this TV series." You practice it!"

Although the script has been given to everyone, Zhang Zien must have a period of preparation, including setting up his own behind-the-scenes team, designing costumes, shooting plans, and a series of things to do.

Fortunately for Zhang Zi'en, Han Gang's filming team were all familiar to them, and the costume design was in charge of the girls' props. There were not too many problems, and one month's preparation time was enough!

At this time, Li Xiaowan also walked in!

Now Li Xiaowan is the person in charge of Tangting Culture and TV Department, and also the chief producer of this TV series.

At this time, Li Xiaowan is no longer an unknown person, because Tangting Culture continues to output excellent TV dramas, so many provincial and municipal TV stations are now asking about cooperation with Tangting Culture.

Li Xiaowan was responsible for almost all of this.

"Director Wu, Director Zhao and the others are here too!"

When Zhang Zi'en and the others heard that Wu Jianye had a visitor, he naturally offered to say goodbye.

Wu Jianye said with a smile: "Okay then, you all go to make preparations. If you have any questions, just contact Mr. Li!"

Li Xiaowan shook hands with Zhang Zien with a smile and said, "Director Zhang, we will have a good time working together in the future. As for me, I will be in charge of the logistics of the crew. I will trouble you for the shooting!"

Zhang Zien said with a smile: "This condition makes me envious of directors outside!"

When other companies or TV stations are producing TV series, the producers always like to put forward various opinions. This kind of thing has been complained by many people, but there are only a handful of companies like Tangting Culture that give full rights to the director.

Of course, if you are a director like Wang Fulin, there must be no problem!
At this time, Li Na also brought Zhao Baogang, Wang Zhiwen, Jiang Shan, and Liu Bei into Tangting Culture's meeting room.

Wang Zhiwen and Zhang Guoli greeted each other at the door of the conference room, and then left with Zhang Zien and others.

"Mr. Wu, I have all the characters. Jiang Shan is the female lead. What do you think?" After Zhao Baogang came in, he and Wu Jianye had been looking at each other for more than ten years, so naturally he would not be too polite. up.

Wang Zhiwen and Jiang Shan are also actors who have worked with Wu Jianye, so they appear to be more casual than Zhang Zien and the others just now.

Only Liu Bei was a little nervous when meeting Wu Jianye for the first time.

"By the way, this is Liu Bei, the second female lead in "Extremely Addictive"!" Zhao Baogang introduced Liu Bei to Wu Jianye again.

At this time, Liu Bei was just 25 years old, which was the best age for a woman.

"Director Wu!" Liu Bei said a little nervously.

Wu Jianye laughed and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm not a scourge, but I've heard Feng Trousers say that you are a hero among women!"

Liu Bei is good friends with Feng Kuantao, Wang Shuo and others, and she can be regarded as born in an acting family, her father is the director of Yanjing TV Station, and her mother is a drama actress.

Liu Bei herself graduated from the Yanjing Opera School and studied Peking Opera. She first learned the Mei School from Fu Liancheng's "Shi" teacher Huang Shixiang, and then learned the Cheng School from Mr. Li Wenmin, a senior apprentice of the Cheng School artist Mr. Zhao Rongchen. Tsing Yi.

In 1985, Liu Bei graduated from Yanjing Opera Art Vocational College, majoring in Peking Opera, and was assigned to the Youth Troupe of Yanjing Peking Opera Theater as an actress. In 1986, he resigned and became an "individual actor".

An individual actor is a special term for a group of actors in this era, which is equivalent to an actor who does not have a brokerage company in later generations and runs alone.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei has more freedom. Coupled with her background, she has become good friends with Feng pants, Wang Shuo, Zheng Xiaolong and others.

As for saying that Liu Bei is the hero of the female high school, it is because Liu Bei drinks a lot, and ordinary men are no match at all. Feng Kuang once bluntly said that he is not Liu Bei's match when it comes to drinking.

Liu Bei smiled shyly, and said, "It's all Feng Trousers' joke!"

Then Wu Jianye greeted Jiang Shan and Wang Zhiwen.

This time they were called over, and the filming of the TV series "Passionate" was also about to start, and Wu Jianye was there to cheer them up.

The TV series "Passing Addiction" only has eight episodes, and the investment for each episode is only 10 yuan, which is much cheaper than "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo".

But in terms of fame, it is not inferior to "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo"!
"How is the TV drama preparation going?" Wu Jianye asked Zhao Baogang.

Zhao Baogang smiled and said, "The filming will officially start next week, do you want to come and have a look?"

Wu Jianye said ambiguously, "Let's talk about it later!"

It's not that Wu Jianye doesn't want to go, now Wu Jianye is trying his best to conceive his new movie script, and he doesn't have much free time because he has to check various materials.

Zhao Baogang said heartlessly: "Well, I'll call you when the time comes!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "Don't worry, I know the strength of all of you, I trust you in this TV series!"

Thanks to Wu Jianye's support, Zhao Baogang in this time and space is much more famous than Zhao Baogang in another time and space at the same time. The current eight-episode "Having Fun" is not a difficult task for Zhao Baogang at all.

Zhao Baogang laughed and said, "It would be great if you wrote this script!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "You have to believe in your own strength, if you didn't write the script, you wouldn't be able to shoot it?"

Wu Jianye just provided Zhao Baogang with an outline of the story, and then gave Zhao Baogang the right to adapt Wang Shuo's novel, and he asked him to find a screenwriter. That's why Zhao Baogang said so now.

Zhao Baogang smiled awkwardly and said, "I can shoot!"

Wu Jianye patted Zhao Baogang's shoulder in fear, and said with a smile: "Make it well, I have already read the script of this TV series, it is very good, it will definitely cause a sensation!"

Zhao Baogang nodded earnestly. Although Zhao Baogang is already famous, no one would dislike his growing fame.

Now the domestic TV drama industry is exactly the opposite of the movie industry. With the decline of the movie industry, the TV drama industry is like the rising sun.

And Zhao Baogang has also found his own direction, he wants to become one of the best TV drama directors in China.

After encouraging Zhao Baogang and others, Wu Jianye also asked Li Xiaowan to set aside funds for Zhao Baogang and others to gather at night.

This is already a habit of the court culture. There will be a party before TV dramas and movies start, and there will be a party when they are finished.

After Zhao Baogang and others left happily, Li Xiaowan stayed.

"The two TV dramas "Fighting" and "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" have already negotiated with Yanjing TV, Shanghai TV, and Qilu TV. After filming, they will be broadcast on these three TV stations!"

The prosperity of TV dramas also marks that TV stations have gradually changed from poor households to wealthy households. Although the income from advertising is not as amazing as in later generations, it is still enough to support TV stations!

Now the TV series produced by Tangting Culture is a gold-lettered signboard. When the production team was preparing, it had already attracted many TV stations to come to negotiate.

However, because these two TV series have some Beijing flavors, Li Xiaowan finally decided to sell these two TV series to Yanjing TV. Qilu TV Station is also a very influential TV station in China now, and there is no way to compare it with 25 years later.

Wu Jianye asked, "How much is each episode?"

"For the first round of broadcasting rights, 5 yuan per episode of "Passing Your Heart" and 8 yuan per episode of "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo"!" Li Xiaowan replied.

Now Wang Shuo is the largest IP in the domestic film and television industry. The TV series adapted from his novels will have a higher price. The reason why the price of "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" is so high is because of the screenwriter of this TV series. It was Wu Jianye.

A "Legend of the New White Snake" established Wu Jianye's position in the domestic TV drama circle. Although the TV series "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" is not a famous adaptation, but with Wu Jianye and Li Baotian, it already has enough ratings appeal Strong!
Li Baotian's main achievement now is still in movies, and now acting in "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" is a blow to reduce dimensionality, and his appeal is naturally strong.

After 25 years, an actor like Li Baotian will not be able to compare with Xiao Xianrou.

Wu Jianye nodded. This is already a very good price at this time. The recovery cost of TV dramas is not the same as that of movies. For example, "Excessive Addiction" and "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" can recover the cost in the first round. There are not many TV dramas, and more companies will not recover their costs until the second round of broadcasting rights.

Of course, there is no calculation of the advertising benefits of the two TV series.

Compared with "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" in ancient costumes, the advertising revenue of the modern drama "Fighting" will be higher.

To put it simply, the TV series "Excessive Addiction" must have surpassed "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" in terms of revenue per episode!

However, the TV series "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" also has an advantage over "Excellent", that is, the TV series "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" will be broadcast on ATV, and ATV will also have to pay the purchase price.

To really wait for TV series to be able to get a good price on the TV station, we have to wait until CCTV launches the king of advertisements. At that time, all TV stations will truly see the power of advertisements.

At that time, various TV stations introduced new advertising policies one after another, which directly led to a sharp increase in the revenue of the TV stations, and the purchase price of TV dramas also increased.

(End of this chapter)